Top surnames from the 1881 census in Elstow, Bedfordshire

Elstow is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Bedfordshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
SMITH386.81004.82
BOWLER305.3763440.53
HARDING234.121956.94
WHITE213.763411.71
SOUTHAM193.4050815.45
STAPLETON183.2258321.43
FOX183.225834.74
PRUDEN132.32973,095.24
WARTON132.32971,340.21
CURTIS122.150537.89
CHERRY111.9713192.64
HARPER111.971330.80
HALL111.97136.70
ANSELL111.9713170.81
ROBINSON111.97136.18
PRIGMORE91.61296,923.08
COOPER91.61296.63
TUCKER91.612929.15
KING91.61297.40
GOODING81.4337169.49
DENTON81.433778.05
GODDARD81.433735.65
BREED81.4337833.33
PEACOCK71.254535.19
HENMAN71.25451,228.07
BISHOP61.075315.39
CHAMBERLAIN61.075339.53
HARVEY50.89618.39
HANKIN50.8961292.40
CROUCH50.896166.84
CARROL50.8961197.63
GOODMAN50.896130.71
BANDY40.7168526.32
JAMES40.71683.65
WATFORD40.7168533.33
NOBLE40.716817.26
BILLINGTON40.716866.01
WALKER30.53761.61
WYKES30.5376153.85
CRANFIELD30.5376218.98
LEGGETT30.537668.34
LITCHFIELD30.5376131.00
FLOWERS20.358444.25
CAVES20.3584645.16
BUSHBY20.358491.32
PAINE20.358426.04
SLATER20.35845.92
MORRIS20.35841.61
CARROLL20.358417.86
PAIN20.358439.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PRIGMORE0.565586923.0769
PRUDEN0.565583095.2381
SHRIEVES0.565582000.0000
WARTON0.565581340.2062
HENMAN0.565581228.0702
BREED0.56558833.3333
SOUTHAM0.56558815.4506
CAVES0.56558645.1613
WATFORD0.56558533.3333
BANDY0.56558526.3158
BOWLER0.56558440.5286
WHITTEMORE0.56558434.7826
GAMMONS0.56558384.6154
STAPLETON0.56558321.4286
HANKIN0.56558292.3977
CRANFIELD0.56558218.9781
CARROL0.56558197.6285
CHERRY0.56558192.6445
ANSELL0.56558170.8075
GOODING0.56558169.4915
WYKES0.56558153.8462
LITCHFIELD0.56558131.0044
BUSHBY0.5655891.3242
DENTON0.5655878.0488
LEGGETT0.5655868.3371
LINFORD0.5655867.5676
CROUCH0.5655866.8449
BILLINGTON0.5655866.0066
HARDING0.5655856.9448
HOMEWOOD0.5655856.8182
OGLE0.5655856.1798
BENDALL0.5655849.2611
DRAGE0.5655846.2963
FLOWERS0.5655844.2478
PAIN0.5655839.9202
CHAMBERLAIN0.5655839.5257
CURTIS0.5655837.8907
GODDARD0.5655835.6506
PEACOCK0.5655835.1936
FOX0.5655834.7423
HARPER0.5655830.7951
GOODMAN0.5655830.7125
TUCKER0.5655829.1451
ROSSITER0.5655828.4900
SUMMERFIELD0.5655827.6243
PAINE0.5655826.0417
MAYHEW0.5655821.7391
CARROLL0.5655817.8571
NOBLE0.5655817.2637
CRANE0.5655816.9924

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 558 people called PRIGMORE in Elstow at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 6923.0769 in Elstow means that 6923.0769% of the people in Elstow on census day were called PRIGMORE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PRIGMORE in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called PRIGMORE as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called PRIGMORE here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called PRIGMORE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.56 in Elstow means that you are 0.56 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PRIGMORE in Elstow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Elstow in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

AGUTTERS (1)  ALCOCK (1)  ANSELL (11)  APPLEBY (1)  BANDY (4)  BANKS (1)  BASEN (1)  BYATT (1)  BENDALL (1)  BILLINGTON (4)  BIOHNOE (1)  BISHOP (6)  BOWLER (30)  BREED (8)  BRIDGES (1)  BUSHBY (2)  CARROLL (2)  CARROL (5)  CAVES (2)  CHAMBERLAIN (6)  CHERRY (11)  CHURCH (1)  CIRKET (7)  COOK (1)  COOPER (9)  CRANE (2)  CRANFIELD (3)  CROUCH (5)  CURTIS (12)  DENTON (8)  DESBOROUGH (4)  DRAGE (1)  EMERY (1)  FINCH (1)  FLOWERS (2)  FORD (2)  FOOKES (14)  FOX (18)  FROOME (1)  GAMMONS (1)  GODDARD (8)  GOODMAN (5)  GOODING (8)  HALL (11)  HANKIN (5)  HARDING (23)  HARPER (11)  HARVEY (5)  HENMAN (7)  HOMEWOOD (1)  HOPKINS (1)  HOWARD (1)  JAMES (4)  KING (9)  LARDEAUX (8)  LEGGETT (3)  LINFORD (1)  LITCHFIELD (3)  MACAN (7)  MATTHEWS (1)  MAYHEW (1)  MAKEHAM (3)  MILLS (1)  MORRIS (2)  NEWMAN (1)  NOBLE (4)  OGLE (1)  OSBORN (1)  PARTRIDGE (1)  PAIN (2)  PAINE (2)  PEACOCK (7)  PESTELL (8)  PRIGMORE (9)  PRIOR (1)  PROLE (18)  PRUDEN (13)  REDMAN (1)  ROBINSON (11)  ROSSITER (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SHRIEVES (1)  SLATER (2)  SMITH (38)  SOUTHAM (19)  STAPLETON (18)  SUMMERFIELD (1)  THEOBALDS (6)  THOROGOOD (11)  TRIPLOW (1)  TUCKER (9)  WALKER (3)  WARNEFORD (1)  WATFORD (4)  WARTON (13)  WHITE (21)  WHITTEMORE (1)  WYKES (3)  WIGRAM (1)  YOXEN (1)